Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks : Mobility and Exchange within and beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia
- Brill 2010
- 1 electronic resource (390 p.)
Open Access
This book examines catalysts for Buddhist formation in ancient South Asia and expansion throughout and beyond the northwestern Indian subcontinent to Central Asia by investigating symbiotic relationships between networks of religious mobility and trade. Readership: Readers with interests in the history of Buddhism, South Asian religions and economy, premodern trade routes, cultural geography, and cross-cultural interactions between India, Central Asia, Iran, and the Hellenistic world.
Creative Commons
English
ej.9789004181595.i-372 9789004194588
10.1163/ej.9789004181595.i-372 doi
History of religion
Theology History of Religion Buddhism Common Era Gandhara